US 7,680,829 B1Granted

List building system

AssigneePremier International Associates, LLC

InventorsJames D. Hempleman, Sandra M. Hempleman, Neil A. Schneider

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Abstract

A system implementable using a programmable processor includes a plurality of pre-stored commands for building an inventory of audio, musical, works or audio/visual works, such as music videos. A plurality of works can be collected together in a list for purposes of establishing a play or a presentation sequence. The list can be visually displayed and edited. A plurality of lists can be stored for subsequent retrieval. A selected list can be retrieved and executed. Upon execution, the works of the list are presented sequentially either audibly or visually. The works can be read locally from a source, such as a CD, or can be obtained, via wireless transmission, from a remote inventory. If desired, establishment of a predetermined credit can be a pre-condition to being able to add items to the list for presentation.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A system for selective playback at a local terminal of resident and nonresident digital works, comprising:

a digital database at a location remote from the local terminal;
a first plurality of digital works being stored in said digital database, said digital works being individually accessible;
a first processor for building from the digital database a first list of at least a portion of said first plurality of digital works;
a communications link for conveying at least a portion of said first list to the local terminal;
a digital storage medium at said local terminal;
a second plurality of digital works being stored in said digital storage medium, said digital works being individually accessible;
a second processor for building at said local terminal a second list of at least a portion of said second plurality of digital works;
a display for displaying at least portions of said first and second lists;
said second processor being responsive to user input for selecting digital works from said displayed list to build an executable playlist;
said display further displaying at least a portion of said playlist;
said second processor being further responsive to user input for selecting at least one digital work from said playlist for playback;
when said selected digital work is stored in said digital storage medium, said selected digital work being automatically accessed from said medium for playback;
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when said selection is stored in said digital database, the identity of said selected digital work being automatically communicated to said digital database by said communications link whereby at least a portion of said selected digital work is accessed from said digital database and communicated by said communications link to said local terminal for playback.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/749,318Filed 16 May 2007 · division
Priority: 21 May 1997
Granted: 16 Mar 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification23 codes

G11B 27/034
Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals: on discs
G06F 16/4387
Presentation of query results: by the use of playlists
G06F 16/48
Of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not…
G06F 16/639
Presentation of query results: using playlists

Family

Application08/859,995Parent of this continuation · filed 21 May 1997
Application09/770,882Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Jan 2001
US 6,243,725 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Jun 2001
Application10/841,374Parent of this division · filed 7 May 2004
US 6,763,345 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Jun 2004
Application10/841,374Parent of this continuation
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